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Local economic development in Alexandra: A case study of woman in the informal sector

Faculty of Humaninties And Social Sciences
School of Social Sciences
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anele30@hotmail.com / This research report covers the progress of local economic development in Alexandra
under the Alexandra Renewal Project and what the government has done (or is doing)
to assist women street traders. It begins by looking back at the history of development
in Alexandra, followed by an overview of Urban Renewal Programme which guides
the Alexandra Renewal Project whose LED components forms a crucial part of this
report.
The report reviews the literature on the informal sector and the policy that guides the
development and promotion of the sector in South Africa. After reviewing literature
on the informal sector, the report turns to local economic development literature,
arguing for a more ‘developmental” role that the government should take towards
LED initiatives in the country.
The research findings that follow provide my opinions and those of different
stakeholders involved in the LED initiatives and those that are affected by the
initiatives, mainly women street traders in Alexandra.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/1639
Date13 November 2006
CreatorsMoyo, Anele
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format329561 bytes, 11974 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf

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